ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - At least two people were killed and another 13 wounded after a bomb planted on a minibus near the Syrian capital detonated, state media reported on Thursday, with investigations into the incident underway.

"Two people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of a bus explosion in Jarmana, a town in the Damascus countryside," SANA reported, noting that a crane has arrived at the scene to lift away the vehicle and allow the interior ministry's investigative staff to commence forensic analysis of the blast site.

The state-run outlet, citing a security source, noted that an explosive device that had been planted in the minibus was the source of the blast. 

Footage and images of the immediate aftermath of the incident showed a wounded man lying prone on the ground behind the destroyed vehicle, with plumes of acrid black smoke being seen rising above the street.

A large explosion occurred in Syria's Jaramana, located on the outskirts of Damascus, on Thursday evening, with Syrian state media reporting that an explosive device was planted in the vehicle pic.twitter.com/LurhqS4qX8

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"All the injured have been transported to Damascus Hospital and the Al-Radi Specialized Hospital in Jarmana," said a SANA correspondent.

Located some three kilometers southeast of Damascus, Jaramana has a majority Druze and Christian population and was the scene of sectarian clashes in April 2025 between Druze fighters and the majority-Sunni Syrian government forces after a fabricated recording purporting to show a Druze cleric slandering the Prophet Muhammad provoked outrage.

No group has claimed responsibility for the Thursday bombing as of the time of writing of this article.

Remnants of the Islamic State (ISIS) have recently carried out attacks across Syria, including two bombings in Damascus that occurred when French President Emmanuel Macron visited the capital to meet his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in early July.

A few days prior, five people were killed in Damascus when an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted in a cafe in the vicinity of the city's Palace of Justice.

The new Syrian authorities have taken a hard line against ISIS, having joined the US-led global coalition to defeat the extremist group in November and regularly conducting raids targeting ISIS cells.